Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electric aircraft [video]

Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by somishere on Sunday June 12, 2022 @07:04PM (#31719090)

I always saw cars / roads as the great equaliser in the cities ... I lived in Sydney for a while where there were a couple of traffic snare points that were unavoidable, no matter your position in life. The Sydney Harbour bridge is one that comes to mind. There would be incidents all the time that would briefly close the bridge and you'd have execs in their batmobiles bumper to bumper with sparkies in their ford transits, nowhere to go and nothing to do. There was literally no way short of commandeering a helicopter that would get you over that bridge faster than the next bozo. Unless you wanted to slum it on public transport or a bike.

Re. Australian outback, air taxi already kind of exists in light planes, helis and of course flying doctor.

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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by bluejekyll on Sunday June 12, 2022 @07:14PM (#31719160)

“There was literally no way…” in a car. But bikes, walking, etc. Bikes are better for cities.

Biking is not slumming it. There are some pretty fancy eBikes out there.

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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by somishere on Sunday June 12, 2022 @07:44PM (#31719355)

For sure. I cycled my ~16km return route to work almost every day (starting with a killer hill) ... tho must be said cycling in Sydney is not for the faint of heart.

That said, the particular generation of execs I was referring to largely exist in a culture devoid of bicycle commutes :)

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